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The Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective – Pierre Asselin

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The Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese perspective – Pierre Asselin

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Dr. Pierre Asselin is a specialist on the Vietnam War. He spoke to me about the how the war progressed from start to finish from the North Vietnamese perspective.

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0:46 – Introduction

1:06 – Beginning of the war when US deploys forces in 1965 to Vietnam

1:37 – French returns to Vietnam after WWII.

2:10 – Vietnam is split

2:53 – War begins in 1954

3:29 – American advisors sent in 1961

3:53 – 1964 North Vietnam begins sending complete units south

4:33 – 1965 Americans begin fighting

4:54 – Insurgency ws focused on the central highlands and delta areas of South Vietnam

5:31 – North Vietnamese troops focused on the central highlands in the upper third of South Vietnam

6:21 – North Vietnam’s first campaign is in November 1964

7:19 – March 1965 US Marines land in Da Nang

7:49 – Late 1965 the Ia Drang battle occurs

9:41 – The Communists initiated most of the battles in the Vietnam War

11:48 – The US used air and naval and artillery support to engage the enemy

12:29 – The Communist recorded about 50 major conflicts between North Vietnamese and US forces. Most were in the central highlands area

14:06 – Junction City occurred in early 1967

14:39 – Tet Offensive occurred in 1968

16:08 – North Vietnam decided to use the Tet Offensive as a psychological victory

17:33 – After Tet, North Vietnam slowed down combat actions dramatically from 1969 to 1971 and focus on diplomacy

19:28 – In March 1972 North Vietnam launches the Eastern Offensive

20:07 – In early 1973 the US leaves Vietnam

20:53 – The Paris Peace agreement is signed

21:00 – A civil war resumes in South Vietnam

21:29 – The civil war is low intensity

22:02 – The Ho Chi Minh campaign and a central highlands campaign ends the war

22:26 – Pierre Asselin can be found at San Diego University

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https://history.sdsu.edu/people/asselin

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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Pierre Asselin

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, videos, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Modern War, United States, France, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War Summaries,

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David Nasca discusses his book on US amphibious warfare “The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898-1945” (Naval Institute Press, 2020)

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David Nasca discusses his book on US amphibious warfare “The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898-1945”

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David Nasca served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and has graduate degrees in international relations, diplomacy, history, military studies, political science, national security and strategic studies as well as a Ph.D. from Salve Regina University. He wrote a book on the emergence of amphibious warfare in the US and we spoke about the book and about the connection between amphibious warfare and the USMC.

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1:13 – David talk about how he got into studying and writing on amphibious warfare.

1:59 – David talks about why the US focused on amphibious warfare.

4:33 – David talks about the details of what makes amphibious warfare.

6:25 – David talks about offense versus defense in amphibious warfare.

8:40 – David talks about the problem of where to attack in amphibious warfare.

11:50 – David talks defending against amphibious attack.

15:09 – David talks about Japanese amphibious warfare in WWII and the attack on the Philippines.

16:27 – David talks about the US defense of the Pacific garrisons.

18:42 – David talks about the Allied amphibious assaults on D-Day.

21:25 – David talks about bridgeheads versus amphibious raids.

23:28 – David talks about technology and amphibious technology.

27:44 – David talks about naval gunfire and air support for amphibious warfare.

29:19 – David talks about combined warfare and amphibious warfare.

31:45 – David talks about the Marine Corps and amphibious warfare.

34:22 – David talks about US Marine Corps training towards amphibious warfare.

36:43 – David talks about the development of techniques to check beaches below the waterline.

38:16 – David talks about how he did his research.

41:04 – David talks about enjoying studying Marine Corps history in regards to amphibious warfare.

43:50 – David talks about the British using amphibious warfare in a strategic context.

45:55 – David talks about naval strength and the use of amphibious warfare.

48:15 – David talks about resourcing amphibious warfare.

52:43 – David talks about where does the validity of amphibious warfare end.

55:13 – David talks about the amphibious operation into Afghanistan.

1:00:57 – David can be found on amazon under his author’s homepage.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3lditre

https://www.usni.org/press/books/emergence-american-amphibious-warfare-1898-1945

https://www.amazon.com/David-S.-Nasca/e/B07YLFJSBT?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000

James Miller talks about the NEAR mission http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/691

Brian Herskowitz discusses outlining a screenplay https://wp.me/p7CDU9-532

Contact Information

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: David Nasca

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Naval Institute Press, General military history, WWII, WWI, 19th century war, Naval Warfare, United States, Britain,

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Frank “Gus” Biggio interview about his Afghanistan War military history book “The Wolves of Helmand” (Forefront Books, 2020)

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Frank “Gus” Biggio interview about his Afghanistan War military history book “The Wolves of Helmand”

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Frank “Gus” Biggio served in the US Marine Corps in the 1990s and got out to pursue a career in law. But during the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq he felt like he needed to support his country’s efforts and get back in the fight. He rejoined the Corps working in Civil Affairs. He deployed to Afghanistan with the Marines as part of a Civil Affairs Group. He published the story of his time there. We spoke about the book “The Wolves of Helmand”, about combat in Afghanistan, and about veterans affairs.

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2:59 – Gus talks about why he wrote about his experiences in Helmand Afghanistan.

7:00 – Gus talks about civil affairs in the Marine Corps and what his unit and work was like.

11:07 – Gus talks about the difficulty of finding the enemy in Afghanistan.

12:44 – Gus talks about balancing the attitudes of locals pro and anti US Marine.

16:05 – Gus talks about the training that Marines got to do the mission in Afghanistan.

19:30 – Gus talks about balancing initiative and flexibility with orders that might not make sense in the field.

22:20 – Gus talks about the interpreters they had with them.

25:06 – Gus talks about working with British forces.

26:29 – Gus talks about working with the Afghan national Security Forces.

29:44 – Gus talks about the destruction of poppy fields.

33:59 – Gus talks about women and children in Afghanistan.

39:11 – Gus talks about the equipment they and they enemy used during patrols.

42:47 – Gus talks about the support the patrols could call on.

44:23 – Gus talks about the IEDs the Taliban used.

48:00 – Gus talks about patrol movement and alertness levels.

48:53 – Gus talks about the four Marines lost on the deployment.

50:44 – Gus addresses the results of the mission.

58:24 – Gus talks about veterans affairs and how the public deals with veterans.

1:01:53 – Gus addresses the subject of service.

1:04:11 – Gus talks about talking to young people who want to join the military.

1:05:42 – Gus can be found at wolvesofhelmand.com and a facebook page “The Wolves of Helmand”

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/322IKAV

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Wolves-of-Helmand/Frank-Gus-Biggio/9781948677646

https://wolvesofhelmand.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WolvesOfHelmand/

Jane Gilmartin talks about her sci-fi novel The Mirror Man https://wp.me/p7CDU9-51v

James Miller talks about the NASA NEAR mission http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/605

Contact Information

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Frank “Gus” Biggio

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Forefront Books, Modern War, United States, Afghanistan,

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